The GAMAO Journal
The GAMAO Journal publishes essays on standards, methodology, instruction, and the business of running a serious martial arts program. It is where GAMAO demonstrates expertise rather than merely claiming it.
The inaugural GAMAO Journal essay. What a serious instructor should establish in their first ninety days — before a single rank is awarded.
Pressure-testing is not sparring for its own sake. It is the disciplined process of finding out whether a technique survives contact with reality.
Longevity is a martial skill of its own. How experienced practitioners keep developing, and why their teaching often gets better with age.
